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'The unit is composed of some of both male and female personnel from the Special Reconnaissance Regiment who are trained killers and can pose as couples while travelling on public transport.'

The paper also reports that the trained staff have been given 'soft-nose' bullets to limit the risk of other passengers who are travelling on public transport.

A 'bucket bomb' (pictured) was found inside a shopping bag exploded and injured at least 30 people on Friday

It comes as two men were arrested in connection with the Parsons Green bucket bomb attack which left 30 people injured on Friday.

A teenage suspect, believed to be an Iraqi refugee, was detained in the Port of Dover after being tracked to its departures hall, but it emerged he had been arrested at Parsons Green a fortnight before the blast.

A second suspect, a 21-year-old man, was later arrested in Hounslow, with police also swooping on a house in Stanwell, Surrey, directly opposite Heathrow airport.